I do an open format radio show on Radio Regent online out of Regent Park in Toronto every Friday from 5 p.m. til 7,called CORBY's ORBIT playing everymusic, so far no Death Metal or light opera but who knows?http://www.radioregent.com/
Illustration by John Kricfalusi

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Autorickshaw, long-time large in Toronto, have brought METER, their fifth album, to reality. It 's being unleashed at Small World Music Centre next week, on the 28th and 29th of September. Featuring the mercurial vocal flavours of Suba Sankaran, Ed Hanley's complex tabla recipes and Dylan Bell on crisp butter-fried bass, the sound that the trio has been distilling for almost fifteen years emerges funky and capricious into a fresh new style and relevance. Suba and Ed will align live with the Orbit at 5:15 for an intense convo and live jam. Be so there.

Further to the joint, a piano deity from across the Rockies is flying in for a show at Hugh`s Room Live: David Vest will give us a ding before his sound check to share his current concerns and concepts and discuss his performance this evening, Friday, 22 September with his band of vicious musicians, The Willing Victims.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Early in the show, patch in for dreamy jazz a capella, live with The Willows, who will be launching their new CD Tea For Threeand kicking off their cross-Canada tour at Jazz Bistro next Wednesday, 20 September.

Wed 20 September

The Jazz Bistro | Toronto, ON

Sat 23 September

Manhattan's | Guelph, ON

Sun 1 October

Mahtay Café | St. Catharines, ON

Thu 19 Oct

Forth | Winnipeg, MB

Fri 20 Oct

Venue TBA | Regina, SK

Sat 21 October

The Bassment | Saskatoon, SK

Thu 26 October

Blackbird Cafe | Edmonton, AB

Sat 28 Oct

Grateful Fed | Kelowna, BC

Sun 29 October

Cottage Bistro | Vancouver, BC

Mon 30 Oct

Lorenzo's Place | Enderby, BC

Tue 31 October

Ironwood Stage & Grill | Calgary, AB

Thu 2 November – Sun 12 November

Christmas in November 2017 | Jasper, AB

Thu 16 November

Lula Lounge | Toronto, ON

w/Tia Brazda

Fri 24 November

Live on Elgin | Ottawa, ON

w/Tia Brazda

Sat 25 November

Upstairs | Montreal

w/Tia Brazda

Then an afro-blues wave will roll aboard with a live listen to T.O. guitar champ

Donné Roberts, who is participating in Kensington Market Jazz Festival this Sunday at Lola, 4 p.m.

And at around 6:30 intensely curatorial Newfoundland guitarist Matthew Byrnewill call in from Saskatoon on his way across the country with news of his latest releaseHorizon Lines. The album carries on the vital legacy of laments, waltzes and shanties that galvanize the history of The Rock. Matthew will be at Hugh's Room Live on Thursday the 28th of September with his unique talents and repertoire.Matthew Byne dates

Each poster is a limited edition silk-screen produced specifically to represent an album nominated for the 2017 Short List (see large versions of the posters list below). The poster artists were selected by Polaris and the Office of Gilbert Li and printed by Kid Icarus in Toronto. The Polaris Posters are organized with support from the Canada Council for the Arts.

To launch this new series of artwork, we’ve also announced a special Polaris Poster pop-up sale event taking place Saturday, September 16, 3-5 p.m., at the The Drake Hotel Underground in Toronto. This Polaris Gala warm-up event will be the first opportunity for people to purchase the 2017 Polaris Posters. Cost for these limited posters will be $40 + HST.

Poster artists Wenting Li, Dalbert Vilariano, Jeff Blackburn and Jeremy Bruneel will be on hand to take part in a special Q&A panel hosted by Polaris founder Steve Jordan.

The 2017 Polaris Short List posters will be available for online purchase on the morning of Monday, September 18. A limited amount will also be available for purchase that same night at the Polaris Gala, taking place at The Carlu in Toronto.

Confirmed performers at the Polaris Gala include Tanya Tagaq, Leif Vollebekk, Lido Pimienta, Weaves and Lisa Leblanc. A limited number of general admission tickets are still available via Ticketmaster.